Dr. Rosie Gowran:

I want to acknowledge Dr. Caoimhin Mac Giolla Phadraig, who is leading on looking at the Brush My Teeth initiative and also Keep My Teeth and has developed a number of resources, supported by the HSE and a number of institutions. He makes accessible resources for people, particularly people with intellectual disabilities and those who are ageing with intellectual disabilities, as part of the IDS-TILDA study at Trinity College. There are a number of resources there. I attended an IDS-TILDA conference last week at which he presented on the challenges related to some of the things that have been mentioned. It is certainly something I will be looking at from a clinical programme perspective as a point of priority. In particular, I will be looking at the issue of residential services and ensuring there is prevention, but also good oral health and hygiene practices, and supporting that resource to be put in place. I will be working on that in the new year.